Article Category: Sport of Kings

NO MONEY NO HONEY

April 20, 2022

WHEN THE Nicky Henderson-trained Constitution Hill stormed to victory in the opening race at Cheltenham last month, his owner Michael Buckley suggested he... Read more »

TOLERATING TITAN JACK

April 20, 2022

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board has put a lot of effort in recent times into discouraging non-triers and rooting out doping offenders. One... Read more »

THE DRIVE FOR FIVE

April 20, 2022

THE TALK of Cheltenham possibly adding on a fifth day to the annual March shindig has been rumbling on for some time now... Read more »

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR WILLIE

April 7, 2022

NOT SINCE the 1950s when Vincent O’Brien was crowned champion jumps trainer in Britain has an Irish trainer achieved this feat but Willie... Read more »

HARRINGTON’S WRIST SLAP

April 7, 2022

WHEN THE Co Kildare premises used by the now high-profile equine therapist John Warwick were raided by Department of Agriculture officials in tandem... Read more »

ADO’S PUNT PAYING OFF

April 7, 2022

WHEN TRAINER Ado McGuinness convinced owner Gary Devlin to fork out a reputed €¼m for recent Dubai winner A Case Of You a... Read more »

DUNNE’S EARLY RETURN

April 7, 2022

ROBBIE DUNNE was vindicated in lodging an appeal against his 18-month suspension for his bullying of fellow jockey Bryony Frost. The reduction in... Read more »

DOUG TAYLOR’S PURCHASE

March 24, 2022

DOUGLAS TAYLOR, who has been making waves in the racing and bloodstock world for some time, has another big project in the pipeline.... Read more »

ELLIOTT’S ROUGH RIDE

March 24, 2022

IT WAS a more than satisfactory week for the Irish at Cheltenham, though the anticipated level of domination over the Brits did not... Read more »

JIMMY GOUGH’S WINNING RIDE

March 24, 2022

FANS OF The Phoenix will be familiar with the adventures of the bolshy Jimmy Gough, who has proved a thorn in the side... Read more »

TOPSY TURVY AT TATTS

March 10, 2022

SINCE THE turn of the year, there have been a lot of comings and goings at the Tattersalls Ireland headquarters in Fairyhouse. Within... Read more »

McMANUS DERBY DREAM

March 10, 2022

WHEN A horse called Martinstown is registered with Horse Racing Ireland it should come as no surprise that there is a JP McManus... Read more »

JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S NEW GOAL

March 10, 2022

JOSEPH O’BRIEN can already list an international football star as one of his owners and recently he welcomed controversial UK-based football moneybags Kia... Read more »

TED WALSH’S BIG MOUTH

February 24, 2022

FORMER MULTIPLE champion jumps trainer Noel Meade and his stable jockey Sean Flanagan found themselves in hot water at Thurles recently when their... Read more »

HEFFERNAN’S WHIP HAND

February 24, 2022

SENIOR FLAT jockey Seamie Heffernan has not got his riding year off to a good start, after being hit with an 11-day ban... Read more »

PAUL BYRNE CASHES IN

February 24, 2022

EMMETT MULLINS and owner Paul Byrne have pulled off another coup courtesy of the sale of Byrne’s Noble Yeats to wealthy English father... Read more »

O’LEARY’S LAMENT

February 24, 2022

MICK O’LEARY’S annual rant about the Grand National weights has become a right snore-fest at this stage and exactly what he hopes to... Read more »

ANA O’BRIEN’S BIG SALES DAY

February 10, 2022

WITH BOTH Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien opting to steer their career down the same track as their parents, Aidan and Annemarie O’Brien, it... Read more »

CLIODHNA’S HEAVY GOING

February 10, 2022

IT HAS not been an easy ride so far for IHRB acting CEO Cliodhna Guy, as she comes under pressure from the Public... Read more »

RACHAEL’S CHOICE

February 10, 2022

MANY PUNTERS would have been surprised not to see Rachael Blackmore in the saddle aboard Barry Maloney’s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Minella Indo... Read more »

JIM BALFRY’S COMEBACK

January 27, 2022

THERE WAS an interesting face in the winners’ enclosure at Punchestown last week. Jim Balfry – the former manager of the controversial ownership... Read more »

SUANN DRUGS REPORT

January 27, 2022

THE ANTI-DOPING protocols of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) were given a seal of approval following that comprehensive review undertaken by the... Read more »

HUSBANDS’S DRY JANUARY

January 27, 2022

WITH THE Dublin Racing Festival on the horizon, Leopardstown boss Tim Husbands is dealing with the unusual scenario of more or less a... Read more »

ELLIOTT’S CHRISTMAS BONUS

January 13, 2022

WITH SO much racing on before and during the festive period, a huge gamble landed by Gordon Elliott at Ascot just before Christmas... Read more »

COOLMORE’S HORSEPOWER

January 13, 2022

COOLMORE STUD’S Australian wing, which is run by John Magnier’s eldest son Tom, has come up with a pretty high-end bonus scheme to... Read more »

SARAH LYNAM LETS FLY

January 13, 2022

A NEW year initiative has been introduced by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) that means that a series of races at Dundalk are restricted... Read more »

LESS THAN APPEALING

January 13, 2022

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boosted its coffers at the end of 2021 when handing out €6,000 fines to two small-scale trainers,... Read more »

DOUG TAYLOR’S NEW STALLION

December 16, 2021

DOUG TAYLOR has not been afraid to put his money where his mouth is when it comes to horseflesh and the MCR group... Read more »

FROSTY TIMES OFF TRACK

December 16, 2021

THE HIGH-profile Bryony Frost/Robbie Dunne episode has opened a can of worms about a deep-set culture in the sport rather than a personal... Read more »

LONELY FOR HUSBANDS

December 16, 2021

WHEN LEOPARDSTOWN manager Tim Husbands announced he planned to cap the attendance at the four-day Christmas festival to a healthy 10,000 a day,... Read more »

HALF-TERM SCHOOL REPORT

December 16, 2021

WITH THE jumps season well past the halfway point at this stage, the respective tables for leading jockey and trainer prove noteworthy. Rachael... Read more »

ROTHWELL’S REACTION

December 2, 2021

PHILIP ROTHWELL is certainly making an impression with his recent interviews on Racing TV. The Wicklow trainer delivered an emotional performance, after landing... Read more »